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Despite Reputation for Strong Gun-Control Laws, Massachusetts Refuses to Provide Mental Health Records for Federal Background Checks

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Massachusetts has a good reputation with strong gun-control laws – until it comes to mental health records. The Boston Globe reported Monday that a 43-year-old law prohibits the state from sharing mental health records with the FBI database for gun background checks. The FBI processed about 1.6 million background checks of Massachusetts residents since…

FBI Move to $150M New Chelsea, Mass. HQ in Limbo

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Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Are sour grapes delaying construction of the FBI’s new $150 million regional headquarters in Chelsea, Massachusetts? Slated to begin construction late last year (never happened) bid-winning developer Emerald Corporate Center LLC, a division of ACS Development Corp. is facing a lawsuit from losing-bidder Boston Harbor Development Partners, an arm of Pappas Enterprises…

Mass. Man Sentenced for Economic Espionage for Israel

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Elliot Doxer has become Massachusetts’ first ever individual prosecuted for foreign economic espionage, according to a statement from the FBI. Doxer was sentenced to six months in prison and six months of home confinement and electronic monitoring on Tuesday, as well as fined $25,000, after providing trade secrets to an undercover…

Mass. Man Convicted on Terrorism Charges in Boston

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Massachusetts man is facing life in prison after being convicted on Tuesday in Boston federal court on terrorism charges. After 10 hours of deliberation, the federal jury convicted Tarek Mehanna of conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaeda, to commit murder in a foreign country and to charges of providing false…

2 Retired Mass. State Cops Said FBI Should Never Have Used Mobster As Informant in Wake of Whitey Bulger Case

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Mobster sought FBI protection from state investigators: MyFoxBOSTON.com

Judge Grants $700,000 in Legal Fees in FBI Mob Frame Up in 1965

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Saying the feds acted in “bad faith” during discovery, a federal judge in Boston has ordered the U.S. government to pay about $700,000 in legal fees in a lawsuit that resulted from four men being deliberately framed by the FBI in a 1965 mob slaying. The legal fees are on top…

Ex-FBI Agent Mike Mason Expresses Concern About Sabotage in Verizon Strike

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI official Mike Mason, who heads up security at Verizon, is voicing concern about the strike by company workers on the east coast that has resulted in the sabotage at some facilities including a police department and hospital. “I consider that an unpatriotic act,” Mason, a former executive assistant director of…

Mass. Gov. Weighs in on Whitey Bulger Case; Ex-Boston FBI Agent Said Some May Worry What the Mobster Has to Say

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The governor of Massachusetts is weighing in on the controversial James “Whitey” Bulger case. Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday in an interview on WTKK-FM that more damaging information about the FBI could surface now that Bulger has been captured and is talking. Bulger was an informant for the FBI before he…